| 8. Morphological Analysis vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | way-yā-šāḇ}: and he returned (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • rav-shaqeh {רַב־שָׁקֵה | rav-šā-qê}: chief cupbearer (noun • masculine singular construct) • vayimtza {וַיִּמְצָא | way-yim-ṣōʾ}: and he found (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • melekh {מֶלֶךְ | me-leḵ}: king (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ashur {אַשּׁוּר | ʾaš-šûr}: Assyria (proper noun • masculine singular) • nilkham {נִלְחָם | nil-ḥā́m}: fighting (Niphal participle • masculine singular absolute) • al {עַל | ʿal}: against (preposition) • livnah {לִבְנָה | liv-nā́}: Libnah (proper noun • feminine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for (conjunction) • shama {שָׁמַע | šā-máʿ}: he heard (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: that (conjunction) • nasa {נָסַע | nā-sáʿ}: he had departed (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • milakhish {מִלָּכִישׁ | mil-lā-ḵîš}: from Lachish (preposition • proper noun feminine singular) |